Rahm roller coaster – AS.com

Jon Rahm still hasn’t fully started in the Phoenix Open. On this third day, an irregular start of Barrika’s caused him to distance himself from the top positions in the tournament. Today’s 68, three under par from TPC Scottsdale, puts Rahmbo at -8 on his card. Currently number one in the world is 20th, six strokes behind the leader, the American Sahith Theegala, who will start on the last day with -14.

The third day of the tournament began with many doubts for Rahm. He had the objective of improving on the greens, but a bogey on the second hole of the day was not the best start. He quickly solved it with two birdies, but a new bogey arrived at 8. Fixed again immediately with a birdie, and again marred by the third bogey in eleven holes. In this final stretch of the day, no longer under pressure and looking far from the lead, Rahm improved his game, added three more birdies without error and ended the day with a good taste in his mouth.

The last day will be faced by the Spaniard without thinking about victory, but looking to sneak into a new top-10. In the fight for victory he starts with a head Sahith Theegala, number 318 in the world, who is being the sensation of the tournament and holds on as leader. Not even the double bogey in the 2 today has made him lose his composure. His -14 after 54 holes allows him to dream of victory, but to do so he will have to win the chase that will make him illustrious as Brooks Koepka (-13), Cantlay, Schauffele and Scheffler (-12) or Matsuyama (-11).

The moment of this third day has been left by Sam Ryder. The American has holed a hole in one at the emblematic hole 16, a par 3 surrounded by a huge grandstand in which there is always a festive atmosphere, unlike what golf is used to. When their ball entered the hole, the public celebrated by throwing their drink onto the field, leaving one of the images of the year, and forcing the field operators to act quickly so as not to slow down the game.